The Things No One Tells You About Your Journey as a Self-Published Author

     If you are a self-published author, the one thing I'm sure you know is that you are definitely on your own in the marketing of your book or books.  Don't get me wrong, traditionally published authors also have to do a certain amount of marketing and connecting with their readers as well.  But, this article is about the things no one tells you about as a self-published author as you venture through this maze of writing, publishing, and marketing.


Here are (7) things that I have discovered and I'm sure you can probably think of a few more:

1.)  No two author journeys will be the same!  (There might be some similarities, but most of the time the journey for each writer will be different).  So don't compare your writing journey with another writers journey.

2.)  Authors who are a 100% employed by their writing never stop working.  (If you work a 9 to 5 job and also write you might find yourself not always writing because your livelihood doesn't depend on it).

3.)  Writing a book can be lonely if there is no one to share this process with.  (If this is you, you might want to check out Facebook writing and author groups to help you through those times when you feel like you've become too much of a recluse).

4.)  Depending on what you are writing, some things can cause you to become depressed. 

5.)  As a self-published author depression can be greater if you aren't selling too many books or if you're worried about maintaining your book sales every month. 

6.)  When you finally make it as a top-selling author your worries will become greater as you try to continue putting out better and better books.

7.)  You will be judged more then you could ever imagine.  In fact, your English and grammar teacher will be around every corner just waiting and lurking to pounce on you.

Here is a video I found below talking about this subject:

     I think one of the best things I discovered from the above video was having a schedule to do everything.  I have been doing this and it has helped me a lot.  I've been using Trello for creating my schedule and I love it.

     In my next blog article, I am going to discuss how do you find success as a writer?

     So stay tuned!